Democrats: Vote or we’ll kick your ass

Democrats are telling voters that they had better head to
the polls — or else.

The New York State Democratic Committeeis bullying people into voting next week with intimidating letters
warning that it can easily find out which slackers fail to cast a ballot next
Tuesday.

“Who you vote for is your secret. But whether or not you
vote is public record,” the letter says.

“We will be reviewing voting records . . . to determine
whether you joined your neighbors who voted in 2014.”

It ends with a line better suited to a mob movie than a
major political party: “If you do not vote this year, we will be interested to
hear why not.”

The letter and accompanying post card was criticized even by
party members, with one Democratic consultant saying it was the wrong way to
inspire votes.

“It’s a threatening letter. It’s a scare piece that is
unnecessary and inappropriate,” the insider said.

Brooklyn and Manhattan residents who received the note
Wednesday were furious, calling it an attempt to browbeat them into showing up
at the polls.

“I’m outraged. Whether I vote or not is none of your
business!” said a Manhattan voter, who was so incensed that she complained to a
local Democratic leader.

“The letter is ludicrous and menacing,” said the voter, who
requested anonymity.

The woman also received a report card of her voting record,
pointing out that she had failed to vote in two of the last four elections.

Overall, the notices were sent out to 1 million registered
Democrats who had failed to vote in previous midterm elections, according to
the group.

The committee — chaired by former Gov. David Paterson —
defended the scare tactic, calling it standard practice throughout the country.

“This flier is part of the nationwide Democratic response to
traditional Republican voter-suppression efforts, because Democrats believe our
democracy works better when more people vote, not
less,” said Peter Kauffmann, a committee spokesman.

“The difference between Democrats and Republicans is they
don’t want people to vote and we want everyone to vote.”

Paterson declined to comment.

The mailer has a phone number on it that goes to Election
Protection, a nonpartisan voting organization.

The organization said it had received a “significant” number
of calls about the letter.

Such attempts to shame people to vote — what politicos call
“social pressure” or peer pressure — has become more common place and was used
by the Obama campaign in 2012, sources said.

A Yale University study in 2008 found that voter
participation increased substantially after lazy voters received letters
telling them their spotty voting history was a public record that would be
scrutinized.

The notice includes a “vote report card” rating New Yorkers’
voting records as “excellent,” “good,” “fair” or “incomplete.”

“Many organizations monitor turnout in your neighborhood and
are disappointed by the inconsistent voting of many of your neighbors,” it
says.

The letter came a week before heavily favored Democratic
Gov. Cuomo faces off against Republican Rob Astorino.

Cuomo was not behind the shame letters, party sources
insisted.

But Astorino scoffed, “Andrew Cuomo’sthuggish
tactics just crossed the line into creepy territory . . . Threatening and
intimidating people is not how honorable elected leaders operate.”

Democratic Committee

Jennifer M.
Palmieri was the national press secretary for the Democratic National Committee, the SVP for the Center for
American Progress, and is the communications
director, assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.

Note: George
Soros was a supporter for the Center
for American Progress, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

In 1970, Ogletreeenrolled
at Stanford University, at the time a center of black radicalism. Ogletree
became a campus radical[1],
organizing an Afrocentric dormitory, where he met his future wife, Pamela Barnes. He edited a
campus Black
Panthers newspaper called The Real News and traveled
to Africa and Cuba with student activist groups. In 1973 Ogletree was president
of the Black Student Union[2].

A member of the New Black PantherParty
who was charged with voter intimidation in the 2008 election for standing
outside a Philadelphia polling site was back Tuesday morning – in an official
capacity.

Jerry Jackson, who was charged
in the 2008 case along with Minister King Samir Shabazz, but later saw charges
dropped by the Department of
Justice, was seen early Tuesday outside a North
Philadelphia voting site wearing the group’s trademark black beret,
combat-style uniform and heavy boots. Fox News confirmed he is a designated
poll watcher.

Eric H. Holder Jr.is the attorney general at the U.S.
Department of Justice for the Barack
Obama administration, and was a board member for the American Constitution Society.

Mario
M. Cuomois a board of adviser’s
member for the American Constitution
Society, Andrew M. Cuomo’s father,
and Gene B. Sperling was his economic
adviser.

Andrew M. Cuomo
is Mario M. Cuomo’s son, the New York state government governor, and
Jonathan Cowan was his chief of
staff at HUD.

Jonathan
Cowan was Andrew M. Cuomo’s chief
of staff at HUD, and is the president & co-founder of the Third Way.

William M. Daley
is a trustee at the Third Way, a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and was the chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration.

Ronald A. Klain
is a trustee at the Third Way, the coordinator
of government Ebola efforts for the Barack Obama administration, and was Janet Reno’s chief of staff.

Janet
Reno’s chief of staff was Ronald A.
Klain, the attorney general for the U.S.
Department of Justice, and is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society.

Mario
M. Cuomois a board of adviser’s
member for the American Constitution
Society, Andrew M. Cuomo’s father,
and Gene B. Sperling was his economic
adviser.

Andrew M. Cuomo
is Mario M. Cuomo’s son, the New York state government governor, and
Jonathan Cowan was his chief of
staff at HUD.

Jonathan
Cowan was Andrew M. Cuomo’s chief
of staff at HUD, and is the president & co-founder of the Third Way.

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